Liability for Environmental Harm to the Global Commons

"This book examines liability for environmental harm in Antarctic, deep seabed, and high seas commons areas. It is the first in-depth examination and evaluation of current liability rules and provides possible avenues for future legal developments in international environmental law and the law of the sea"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Purposes of, and approaches to, international liability; 3. Definition and valuation of compensable environmental damage; 4. Allocation of liability for environmental harm in areas beyond national jurisdiction; 5. Standards of liability; 6. Standing to bring claims for environmental harm in areas beyond national jurisdiction; 7. Access to remedies; 8. Insurance and compensation funds; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Neil Craik is Professor of Law at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo, Canada. He has published widely in the fields of international and Canadian environmental law and the law of the sea and is co-editor of Global Environmental Change and Innovation in International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2018).Tara Davenport is an Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore where she teaches Principles of Property Law, Law of the Sea and International Regulation of Shipping. Her research interests are in law of the sea, the global commons, and maritime disputes.Ruth Mackenzie is Reader in International Law at the University of Westminster, where she teaches and researches in the fields of international environmental law, law of the sea, and international courts and tribunals. Ruth is a Member of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law.

Summary

This book examines liability for environmental harm in Antarctic, deep seabed, and high seas commons areas. It is the first in-depth examination and evaluation of current liability rules and provides possible avenues for future legal developments in international environmental law and the law of the sea.

Product details

• Authors: Neil Craik, Neil (University of Waterloo Craik, Craik Neil, Tara Davenport, Davenport Tara, Ruth Mackenzie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2023
• EAN: 9781108496223
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49622-3
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, Antarctica, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Environmental, Law of the Sea, Environmental policy & protocols, Environment law, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment, Environmental policy and protocols, Public international law: law of the sea